Just think for a moment what got you right here, right now – what causes and conditions had to manifest for you to be here?

Meditate on this for a moment, then read what Pema Chodron has to say:

Right NowThe key instruction is to stay in the present. Don’t get caught up in hopes of what you’ll achieve and how good your situation will be some day in the future. What you do right now is what matters.– Pema Chodron

How often do we get caught up in our plans and hopes for the future when what we do right now is what matters?

Every moment in life is absolute in itself. That’s all there is. There is nothing other than this present moment; there is no past, there is no future; there is nothing but this. So when we don’t pay attention to each little this, we miss the whole thing.—Charlotte Joko Beck, “Attention Means Attention“

How much are we missing in life because we don’t pay attention in every moment?

I know, in my case, I have missed a lot because I get lost in my thoughts, feelings, and plans for the future without noticing what is going on around me right now.